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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1924
Page
4
Publication note warns that only current issue copies appear by Wednesday and lists subscription constraints. Pecos Texas post office processes under the 1879 act.
Volume 1, No. 1 of the Hockley County Herald arrives with C B Meack at the helm after leaving Toyah Valley. The note praises the paper as a Balmorhea counterpart and calls Pecos to clean weeds, curb theft, and reflect on farming costs and community health.
The Enterprise warns Pecos pedestrians to remain on narrow paths and avoid leaving sidewalks where obstructed by vacant lots. Weeds threaten to block streets, may burn and blow into traffic, and the city urges cutting and burning to prevent danger and fire risk.
Local note urges Fut players Ciba Satale to channel surplus energy into weed removal. Stakeholders warn that neglect could make the town appear almost deserted if daily efforts are not undertaken.
The Midland Reporter ends its editor T. C. Watson after nearly twenty five years and passes to T. Paul Barron, Midland’s youthful mayor, who buys the paper and pledges continued prominence in West Texas journalism. The outgoing editor wishes prosperity for Midland and asks readers to support the incoming editor as he serves the community.
Opinion urges that a million dollar sawmill blaze in Hoquiam Washington exposes the false comfort of “covered by insurance” as all losses are paid by society through higher costs. It argues fires destroy labor profits and future growth and stress the need for prevention over reassurance.
Governor Pierce of Oregon suspends the open season for killing deer and other large game beginning with All 20 amid numerous widespread forest fires caused by prolonged conditions.
The text warns that thousands of hunters risk igniting forests through shooting and camping creating dangerous conflagrations. It notes deer are displaced into small areas and urges a prohibition on game killing until rains prevent fires. The Governor's action is praised as humane and likely to be emulated by other states.
Miriam A Ferguson defeats Felix Robertson by nearly 100000 votes in a Texas runoff. The outcome sparks talk of party realignment with mentions of Klan influence and threats to bolt the ticket. Judge W R Smith, irrigation authority figure and former congressman, is noted for his legal career and recent federal court terms in New York.
Miss Mary Stine hosted a slumber party at her home on Wednesday night. Early Thursday the group traveled to the Alamo play grounds for swimming a camp fire breakfast. Attendees included Misses Margaret Howard Annie Low Cole Dorothy Sisk Lucille Precht Virginia Eva Richburg Jane and Kathryn.
The Texas Association of Sanitarians will hold its second Short School of Instruction for Health workers in Houston from November 4 to 7, 1924. The first school, sponsored by the State Board of Health with the University of Texas and the City of Austin, drew large attendance and practical-value training for sanitary officers and inspectors. Dr A H
Calvin Flickwir the city health officer of Houston will direct the school and top health authorities will provide instruction. The course is free of charge and widespread interest from state and local health officials signals strong attendance. Small towns lacking funds for trained sanitary workers also see value in the offered training for health workers.
The United States Bureau of Education promotes American Education Week November 17 to 23 with daily themes Constitution Day Patriotism Day School and Teacher Day Illiteracy Day Physical Day and For God and Country Day. Programs are suggestive to fit local conditions and may be observed in churches and schools nationwide.
Narrative fragment shows a character praising a compact tool called the Housewife able to cut paper clean a pipe pick locks and double as a bodkin or needle. A door slams ending a tense moment as the character boasts bobbing her base.
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